Many thanks it is working now.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ilya Konstantinov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 3:59 PM
To: yahav Biran
Cc: 'IL Linux'
Subject: Re: key-based authentication over SSH
yahav Biran wrote:
> Add the public key into the authorized_keys file under the .ssh directory.
>
> Back to the client:
> Login to the server using the private key:
> ssh {server ip} -i identity
>
> it still ask for password.
> Why
>
Plenty of possible reasons, but the most common one is incorrect
permissions on the ~/.ssh directory or the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file.
If you have root access to the server, you will see the reason in the
logs. Otherwise, just do:
chmod 700 ~/.ssh
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
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